JusticevilleDocument Based Questions

What caused the changes in farming over the last 200

Years?

Photographs from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, the National Archives, and the Farm Bureau

Justiceville 200 years ago

• What is the land being used for mostly?

• According to this map, how did people get food?

Justiceville 100 years ago

• What are the differences between the 1800’s farm and the 1900’s farm?

Justiceville Today

• What new things do you see on the Justiceville farm of today?

• How do people get food today?

Life of George Washington, the Farmer (painting by Stearns)

What tools do you see in this picture?What do you notice about the people working in the field?

Farmer 1800’s

What farm equipment do you see in this picture? What other buildings or houses do you see?

What conclusions do you draw from this picture?

1800’s Farm Family

What farm equipment do you see in this picture? What buildings do you see? How is life for these children different from yours?

Farmer 1903

What major improvement do you see in this picture? How would this improvement affect the famer?

Tractor 1910

How did technology help this farmer?